Chris Pile (programmer)
British computer programmer
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Christopher Pile (born 1968 or 1969, also known as "the Black Baron") is a programmer who was sentenced, on November 15, 1995, to 18 months in jail for creating and spreading two computer viruses called Pathogen and Queeg.[1] While Pile was not the first person convicted for creating and spreading computer viruses, his case was the first "widely covered and published computer crime case that ended in a jail sentence"[2] as well as the first such case to be prosecuted in England and Wales.[3]
Christopher Pile | |
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| Born | 1968 or 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Occupation | Programmer |
| Known for | Created the computer viruses 'Pathogen' and 'Queeg' |
In addition to the two viruses, he also created Smeg (short for "Simulated Metamorphic Encryption enGine"[4]), a software tool that he used to hide Pathogen and Queeg from the antivirus software of the time. Smeg was written in a way that allowed it to be also used by others to hide and spread their own viruses.[2]